Reportedly, Virginia Leith hated the film so much she refused to return for post-production. At least a few of her lines were dubbed by Doris Brent, who played a nurse.
The film was completed in 1959 under the working title The Black Door but was not theatrically released until May 3, 1962 under its new title due to various legal problems.
The DVD version boasts an alternative version of the scene where the model poses for photographers in a more skimpy, semi-nude negligee.
Shot in 13 days.
The severed-head character of Jan is called "Jan in the Pan" by popular culture.
Sammy Petrillo: One of the men snapping photos of Doris in her studio is Petrillo, a Jerry Lewis imitator and co-star of Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952).
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By what name was The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962) officially released in India in English?
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